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5 Years in Business
This week starts Strawesome’s 5th year in business! What began as an artistic expression and desire to contribute to our family has taken on a life of its own and is making a difference around the world.
Today, March 14, 2014 marks the day (5 years ago) that we created Strawesome. Months prior to founding Strawesome, I was taking classes and practiced making straws so that I could create something more than just a hobby. Sometimes I would notice that I would start shaking when my hands had to be very steady – almost like I was hungry and my blood sugar was low. Come to find out a few weeks later that I was shaky because I was pregnant with our second son, Luke (pictured above). I can always judge how long I’ve been doing this based on his little life. 🙂
We first listed our products on Etsy and had great success there. At this point I was at a crossroads. I had been teaching Bradley Method childbirth classes and making straws at the same time. (Yes, I had 2 all natural Bradley Births!) Instead of doing both I chose to concentrate my efforts in one direction. With the help of my husband, Brian, and his mad website design skills, we took off on a Strawesome adventure! Did you know that it was my husband who came up with the name Strawesome?! Many people think we paid a marketing person for the name. Nope, it took months of patience to come up with that great name!
Over the last 5 years we’ve had many cool things happen. Including being featured on the local news this year (where I was declared a genius! ha!), launched a new website, introduced new distributors and wholesalers of our product worldwide, and talked with many wonderful customers! I can only imagine what the next 5 years will bring!
Today only (03/14/14), we are doing a FREE SHIPPING for all USA retail orders through our website. Use promocode 5FREESHIP after you calculate your shipping costs. This offer is for new orders only.
I’m also offering up a FREE glass straw to FIVE winners who comment on this post. Winners will be chosen on Monday 3/17/14 and will be notified via email.
Cheers to another 5 years!
~Daedra~
Happy 5th Birthday! Thank you for making a fun durable re-usable product 😉
Happy birthday, Strawesome!
I have a few of your straws and they are most definitely Strawesome. Happy Birthday and I can’t wait for you to celebrate many more.
What an inspiring story! I send you a “High 5” on your 5th anniversary/birthday!
Happy 5th birthday, Strawesome! And thank you for the free shipping offer!
Congrats, Andrea! You’re one of our random winners. I will email you for your mailing address.
Happy Birthday!!
Nine straws between the two of us in our family so far…..
Next up: straws for each of our nine nieces and nephews.
Love your product. Love your ideals. Love Strawesome.
Happy 5th anniversary! Here’s to many many more….
Happy Birthday! In honor of your 5th birthday I am gifting my nieces and nephews with a set of funky family straws to celebrate the future and the people who make a difference!
Blessings and many thanks!!!
So inspiring! I love my Strawesome straws and love that I’m supporting a small business. Happy 5th!!
I first heard of Strawsome from Jasmere (no longer in existence). Tried the straws and they’ve been a family treat in our house and gift-giving ever since. I have 8 children; all natural, including 4 home births. 🙂 Congratulations! God bless your family business.
Happy birthday! We love your straws – my faves are the bubble tea straws and skinny straws for when I’m out. My kids love colored bendy straws best. 🙂 Even my 18 month old uses them with a drilled-through mason jar lid to drink smoothies! Wishing you many more successful years to come.
Congratulations on your 5 year anniversary. Awesome products.
This is my favorite idea- for a while I had been searching for a way to get rid of those pesky plastic straws- (I just love straws but my dad joked that I was “killing the seals” every time I used one, that actually got to me and I realized I needed to do something about my plastic use)- strawsome is the answer! Save the seals <3
Hi Ella, congrats, you’re one of our winners! I will email you for your contact info! Save the seals!
Found out about you from (the late, lamented) Jasmere. Any cold drink tastes better in a glass and with a glass Strawesome straw! Congrats on 5 years!
We love your straws. Makes smoothies even more fun! Thanks for the free shipping today.
My 95 year old mother loves your straws. So much easier for her to drink her coffee in the morning. Happy 5th birthday.
Happy birthday! Nice to see your idea be successful for you.
I received my order of three straws 2 weeks ago. My kids scramble to find their favorite strawsome straw before I can even grab the one I need. They LOVE them and so do I. Drinking a breakfast smoothie never felt fancier!
Congratulations on your 5 years! We have several of your straws & just love them. What a beautiful way to be green.
Happy Birthday! I don’t think I will ever have enough of your straws.
Happy 5th birthday! My kids and I all love our straws!
Happy Birthday! Just learned about your product last week and anxious to try it.
Happy Anniversary!!!!
Happy 5th Borthday Strawesome. Your smoothie straws make drinking my green smoothies so much easier..I like them better if I don’t really have to look at them..
happy birthday! We love love love our straws! The kids especially.
Love your straws!
About to place an order. Congrats… 5 years!! Awesome!!
So happy to have ordered my first straw, I have wanted one for ages!
Happy Birthday Strawesome! Your straws are Amazing and Beautiful!
Awesome straws.
We love our smoothie straw! It’s the only straw my 2yo will use!
Happy Birthday!!!!! My birthday was Sunday. Would love to win a straw.
Happy Birthday!! Our family LOVES your straws!!
Happy Birthday, I think a glass straw would be “awesome” to use.
Congrats on 5 years! I love your drive to make the world a greener place 🙂 keep up the wonderful, hard work!
A big congratulations on 5 years!!! We LOVE our straws, especially my 3 kiddos!! 😀
Wonderful. Here’s to another five years and five after that and five after that and…
Happy 5th! Love your products. Hope to win one 🙂
Happy birthday!!
Congratulations on 5 years! Thanks for helping us make greener & safer choices for us and our kids!
HAPPY 5th BIRTHDAY STRAWESOME!!! Your artfully crafted straws are beautiful and great for our environment. Thank you and long live Strawesome!
Hi Joan Mary, Congrats, you’re one of our 5 random winners! I will email you for your mailing address.
Thank You Daedra… I LOVE Strawesome and I am so happy I won <3
I just received my first order from Strawesome this week and I am so bummed I did not discover your product sooner! My family has been drinking smoothies for years and now that we have a greener option for our straws, I feel even better about drinking smoothies! Thank you for making a wonderful product and I look forward to ordering more straws again very soon. Happy 5th!
Happy 5th Birthday! I would love to win one of your straws!
Congratulations on 5 years!!
Congrats! Here’s to another 5 and 5 after that and so on…..
Happy 5th, hope you have many more happy years. Love your straws
Happy birthday!
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday! I think you are a genius!
How did we ever drink smoothies without our awesome strawsomes? LOL! They just FEEL so good in our mouths!! My son and I love them! Birthday Birthday Happy! 🙂
We love your smoothie straws and use them daily!
Congrats on 5 years!
Happy Birthday, Strawesome! How ironic is it that just today, of all days, I remember liking you on facebook a few years ago and just happened to look you up?! A few weeks ago I bought a package of plastic bendy straws and every one of them had cracks in the bendy part! I was so mad! I took them all back and vowed to never buy those things again. Now you know why I went searching for you today 🙂
Happy 5th Birthday! Keep making amazing straws!
I already have 5 of your straws and am getting 2 more bendy straws for my daughter’s drinking jug collection. This is even better than the paper straws that I used to use! Congrats on the first 5 years!
Congrats!! What a great accomplishment! 🙂
Happy Birthday!! Thank you for this awesome product – can’t imagine life without them!!
Congratulations Strawesome:-)
Congratulations! You have beautiful products.
Happy Birthday!!!
I just ordered five straws this week. Actually just got them Thursday. And i love them!!! I have shared pictures of them with everyone. I love love love them.
Spreading the joy of glass straws in my area.
Happy Birthday!!
That’s amazing! CONGRATS on 5 awesome years and many more to come!
Happy 5th anniversary! I will be getting my nephew one of your straws for his Birthday this year. He chews up the ends of plastic straws, I figure one of these Will last him! Congratulations on your success!
Love you products! Keep it up! I’ve been telling everyone I know about Strawsome. There may be other glass straw companies out there, but with a creative name like Strawsome, how could I not declare you the best?!
Congratulations!..And wishes for many more anniversaries to celebrate awesome Strawsome!
Happy Birthday, Strawesome! We love your straws!
Awesome success story! Happy Anniversary!!
I recently purchased your straws and I absolutely love them. I mainly use them for smoothies (I purchased the set of smoothie straws) and also for fresh juice. I have an almost 2 year old son who is also a fan so I would love to win a straw just for him. 🙂 Congratulations on the success of the business and happy 5 year anniversary!
Your hubby did a great job with the name, so creative!
HI Kathleen, congrats, you’re one of our winners! I will email you for your contact info!
Happy birthday strawesome! Thank you for making my smoothies super fun with a colorful glass straw!
Congrats on 5 years! I love my Strawesomes and use them all the time.
Congratulations on creating a unique and enduring product.
Happy birthday! Love your straws.
Congrats on FIVE years! (My husband’s name is Adam and my 19 month old son’s name is Luke – love that name!)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! a fantastic job!! I am placing my first order
tonight.i cannot wait to receive the straw’s..love mary ann
I just ordered my first straw on Wednesday. I can’t wait to try it!! Happy 5th Birthday ! You should be so proud of the wonderful product you created!
Happy Birthday!!!! So awesome to read your story! Here’s to many more years of success.
Happy 5th!
Happy Birthday!
Birthday Blessings!
Wish I had seen the free shipping before midnight!
Just viewed your video…..it’s great!
I would love to come work for you!
Happy 5th birthday!!!!! Congrats!
Congratulations on 5y of awesome!
Congrats on 5 years!
Congratulations on hitting 5 years! Wishing you anymore anniversaries to come! Love your straws 🙂
Happy Birthday!!
May you have many more years of “strawsome-ness” 🙂
Congratulations! Happy birthday!
Hi Crystal, Congrats! You’re one of our winners! I will email you for your mailing address.
Congrats on 5 years! May there be 50+ more!
Congrats on 5 years! Love your straws!
Happy 5th Anniversary!!! Wishing you continued success!!